Brooklyn's Bushwick Becomes World-Class Arts Mecca Albany Times Union With up and coming artists finding safe (and cheap) housing and studio space, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood is in the midst of a Renaissance. Reminding neighborhood watchers of affordable Greenwich Village...

The Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), in partnership with V3 Hotels, seeks artwork by Brooklyn-based artists to be purchased for Hotel 718, a brand new boutique hotel in downtown Brooklyn. Brooklyn-based visual artists working in photography, painting, drawing, sculpture and mixed...

Can a Picasso Cure You? The New York Times At a storefront clinic in SoHo ailing New Yorkers are invited to come in by appointment and be treated by means of exposure to fine art for a variety of...

Arts Graduates Find Jobs, Satisfaction USA TODAY According to a survey of more than 13,500 alumni of arts colleges and arts departments within broader colleges and universities, arts graduates are finding ways to manage their careers while gaining satisfaction...

Public Works: Gone Missing The New Yorker Shortly before the dedication of his first New York City public art commission - featuring super sized Chinese zodiac figures - artist Ai Weiwei was detained on April 3 as he was...

The Gagosian Effect The Wall Street Journal With an unrelenting focus on selling, powerful art dealer Larry Gagosian has expanded his art "empire" to 11 galleries world-wide and supplies 60 distinct shows a year with fresh art - the...

Culture, Rolling Into Towns on Big Rigs The New York Times Since trucks are America's transports of choice, painter Eric Fischl is betting that he can use six 18-wheelers full of art to connect citizens with each other and...

Calling All Artists, Whoever You Are The City Wants to Better Serve the Creative Community. First It Has to Find It The Wall Street Journal A new cultural think tank—the Institute for Culture in the Service of Community Sustainability—seeks...

The Alliance for the Arts is honored to be a beneficiary of the exhibition Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again, held at Sloan Fine Art in the Lower East Side. The opening night reception is Thursday, March 17, 5-9 pm....

Nine individuals--including sculptor Mark di Suvero, jazz musician Sonny Rollins and theater impresario Robert Brustein---and Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival received the National Medal of Arts for their outstanding achievements and support of the arts. President Barack Obama presented the medals...